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McKnight Distinguished Artist 2016 is Libby Larsen

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 14:18
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The Minnesota, USA composer Libby Larsen has been named McKnight Distinguished Artist by The McKnight Foundation. The award comes with a sum of $50,000, and is given to individual Minnesota artists who have made significant contributions to the quality of the state’s cultural life.

According to the foundation's president Kate Wolfor, Larsen receives the award because “Over the course of a ground-breaking career, Libby Larsen has been a virtuosic creator of new music and an articulate advocate for the next generation of composers. Larsen is recognized around the world for infusing fresh life into concert repertory, and audiences closer to home know that her artistic vision is also matched by a generous spirit. As a co-founder of the American Composers Forum, she helped make Minnesota a national center for innovative and culturally relevant new music.”

Source: https://www.mcknight.org/newsroom/news-releases/2016-distinguished-artis...

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